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February 24, 2018
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EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW

  • February 24, 2018
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I am trying to do my very first self-publish book. I was told that it was better to do it in Word and then I was told by the company that will be running the copies of the books off that it has to be in a pdf file. Okay, so I have pdf and the editor actually proofed it in pdf file.  However, a few of my pictures are in color and the company is saying they will not accept it in color because it may not come out right and I need to copy it all in black and white.  Here is the problem; I have done everything possible to edit in my Adobe. Now, they have been taking out $9.99 a month so I should be able to damn edit something. Could someone please advise me. Everytime I've tried to connect with Adobe of course there is not a HUMAN that I can talk to so that's not working for me either. Thank you.

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    Legend
    February 24, 2018

    What is your “Adobe”? For $9.99 it sounds like Photoshop which MUST NOT Be used for editing a PDF. Just make second copies of the pictures in black and white, update the original file and remake the PDF. Keep the colour fike too, you might need it one day.

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      Legend
      February 24, 2018

      By the way you make it sound as if you had weird advice, but to make a book in Word and deliver it as a PDF is the normal thing. Were there problems? Certainly a lot to learn through, you’ve chosen to do the jobs of many trained professionals...!

      try67
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      try67Community Expert
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      February 24, 2018

      On the other hand any self-respecting publisher should be able to simply print a color file in black & white... Maybe they just don't want to be help responsible for the results, so they're passing the buck along to the author. They should really provide a Preflight profile that validates the files before it is submitted, though.

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